Our Masonic Mss.

OUR MASONIC MSS .

No . II . I give to-day the paralled passages out of the Alasonic Poem and Myrc ' s Instructions for Parish Priests . They Avill strike all students . I shall revert to the subject in the next Magazine , as other similarities may be found . I have discovered another myself between the Masonic Poem and contemporary MS . I see that the Early English Text Society , in their last Eeporfc , fix the date of Myrc ' s MSS . at 1420 .

Masonic MS ., Line 620 . And putte away alle vanyte , And say thy pator noster and thyn ave ; Loke also thou make no here , But ay to he yn thy prayere ; jef thou Avolt not thyselve pray ,

Latfce non other mon hy no Aray . In that place nowther sytte ny stonde , But knele fayre down on the gronde , And , Arheii the Gospel me rede schal , Fayre thou stonde up fro the Aval ,

And hlesse the fayre , gef that tliou conne , When gloria tibi is begonne ; And Avhen the Gospel ys y-done , A ^ ayn thou myjth knele adow n ; On bothe thy knen clown thou falle , For hyse love that bowsht us alle ; And when thou lierest the belle rynse

To that holy sakeiynge , K . nele re most , both jpige and olde , And bothe ^ or hondes fajr r upholde , And say thenne yn thys manore , Fayr and softe , Avithoute here ;

" Jhesu Lord , Avelcom thou be , Yn forme of bred , as y the se ! Now Jhesu , for thyn holy name , Schulde me from synne and schame ; Schryff and hosel thou grant me bo , ^ er that y schal hennus go ,

And A ery contrycyon of my synne , That y never , Lord , dye therynne ; And , as thou Avere of a mayde y-bore , Sofre me never to be y-lore ; But when y schal hennus Avende , Grante me the blysse withoute ende ;

Amen ! amen ! so mot h yfc be ! NOAV , swete lady , pray for me . " Thus thou myjht say , or sum other thynge , When thou knelust at the sakeiynge ,

Myrc ' s Instructions , Line 268 . And put a-way alle vanyte , And say here pater noster here aue . No non in chyrche stonde schal , Ny lene to pyler ny to Aval , But fayre on kneus ]> ej schule hem sette ,

Knelynge doun A p on the flette , And pray to god ivyth herfce meke To seue hem grace and mercy eke . Soffere hem to make no here , But ay to be in here prayere , And Avhenne }> e gospelle I-red be schalle ,

Teclie hem penne to stonde vp alle , And blesse feyre as ]> ey conne Whenne gloria ti'ii ys by-gonne , And Avhenne ]> e gospel ys I-done , Techo hem eft to knele doAvne sone ; And Avhenne they here the belle rynge To that holy sakerynge ,

Teche hem knele doAvne hope ^ onge & olde , And hope here hondes A p to holcle , And say J ' enne in ]> js manere Feyre and softely wyth owte here , f 'Thesu , lord , A \ elcome pow be ,

- * - In forme of bred as I pe se ; Ihesu ! for thy holy name , Schelde me to day fro spine and schame ; Schryfte & hoAvsele , lord , pou grraunte me bo , Er that I schale hennes go , And verre contrycyone of my synne ,

That I lord neuer dye there-Inne ; And as po \ v Avere of a may I-bore , Sofere me neuer to be for-lore , But whenne pat I schale hennes Avende , Gra v . nte me pe blysse wyth-OAvten ende .

AMEN . Teche hem pus oper sum opere ppige ' , To say at the holy sakerynge . A . F . A . W .